This past month there were two incidents within the Indie Bookstore Community that hurt the BIPOC and Trans communities. Ryan, Hillary, and Jo take this opportunity to recommend some of their favorite books by and about BIPOC & Trans folks!
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Books Mentioned During This Episode
RECENT READS
Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (audiobook)
Survive the Night by Riley Sager (audiobook)
The Lost Girls by Jessica Chiarella (audiobook)
Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix (audiobook - read by Friday the 13th Final Girl, Adrienne King!)
The Heathens by Ace Atkins (audiobook)
While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory (audiobook)
For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing (audiobook)
Cackle by Rachel Harrison (October 5th, 2021) (audiobook)
Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/hillary
Landslide by Michael Wolff (audiobook)
Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby (audiobook)
The Stand by Stephen King (audiobook)
Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo
Matrix by Lauren Groff (audiobook)
The Project by Courtney Summers (audiobook)
BOOKS BY AND ABOUT BIPOC & TRANS FOLKS
Ryan
Once & Future by A.R. Capetta & Cory McCarthy (audiobook)
Sword in the Stars by A.R. Capetta & Cory McCarthy (audiobook)
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (audiobook)
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (audiobook)
- Lost in the Never Woods (audiobook)
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee (audiobook)
Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (audiobook)
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers (audiobook)
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (audiobook)
Hillary
Thinking Again: A Diary by Jan Morris (audiobook)
The Natural Mother of the Child by Krys Malcolm Belc (audiobook)
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock (audiobook)
Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan (audiobook)
- She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders (audiobook)
Fairest by Meredith Talusan (audiobook)
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (audiobook)
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (audiobook)
Jo
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (September 28th, 2021) (audiobook)
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (audiobook)
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (audiobook)
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (audiobook) Magic for Liars (audiobook) The Echo Wife (audiobook)Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (audiobook)
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinburg
OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED
Charlie Jane Anders (audiobooks)
Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone (audiobook)
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